Day: 2 May 2024

Front page summary The Guardian – Labour faces criticism over loophole in plan to ban zero-hour contracts The Guardian reports…

Front page summary Metro – Our fresh sorrow The Metro leads with the news 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin, who was killed…

Front page summary The Sun – Trent and Jude Law’s girl The Sun leads with a story claiming Liverpool and…

Front page summary Daily Mirror – Horror sword rampage: Our hearts are broken Tributes to teenager Daniel Anjorin, who was…

Front page summary Daily Express – Heartbroken family pay tribute to wonderful child The family of schoolboy Daniel Anjorin have…

Most of Thursday’s front pages lead with the first pictures of the 14-year-old boy who was killed in the London sword attack. A stranger stabbed Daniel Anjorin as he was en route to school. The attack is not suspected to be terrorism, and police confirm the schoolboy was not known to the attacker. It is not believed to have been a targeted attack. 

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 36, was charged with Daniel’s murder.

Many of the back pages report on Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 win over PSG in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League. Elsewhere, in the WSL, Chelsea’s title hopes have been dashed after a shock 4-3 Liverpool win. 

Nearly 100 schools in and around India’s capital, Delhi, had to evacuate thousands of students because they received fake bomb threats through emails.

Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands have picked a leader who is friendly with China as their prime minister. This suggests that the country will keep being close to Beijing.

Police officers, soldiers, and other government workers will see their pay go up, and it will be retroactive to January.

This means the Federal Reserve’s main rate stayed at its highest level in over 20 years, between 5.25% and 5.5%, where it’s been since last July.